Definition of dry adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that your skin or hair is dry, you mean that it is less oily than, or not as soft as, normal. Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips. Dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently. My skin's been getting a little dry recently.
Dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture: a dry well; dry clothes. Arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, esp. such as results in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert.
